Stephen Stills on Mitt Romney: 'I Never Thought I'd See a Creepier Politician Than Nixon

By Stephen Stills
October 29, 2012 12:35 PM E

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Let's take a look at recent history. When was Black Friday? When did the Dow drop 800 points? When was the big heist when all the bank stimulus money was given out with no accountability?

Watching Mitt Romney and the Republicans campaigning right now, you'd never know all these things happened during the Bush administration. They speak as if the economy collapsed the day Obama was sworn into office.

Right now, the Dow is at 13,000. It was below 8,000 when the president took office. Job growth is rising. Unemployment is dropping. We desperately need to stay the course with this president.

At the second debate, somebody asked how Bush and Romney differ. I'll give you the answer: Romney's taller, Mormon and a little smarter and meaner. That's about it. I couldn't believe how he acted at that debate. He's a churlish little prick. At least Bush was affable. I don't care if it's a debate and you're running for office. It's not right to be that rude to the President of the United States, let alone anybody else. Also, you don't get offended when you get corrected. Unlike President Obama, Mitt Romney has been inside the bubble all his life. He has no idea what's going on here. He has no idea how descructive Bush's eight years were to this country.

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After running for years as a hard-right conservative, Romney is sprinting to the center in the final days of the campaign. This shouldn't surprise anyone. He cast himself as a moderate back when he became Governor of Massachusetts. He'll be whatever he thinks he has to be in order to win. He is just raw ambition with no real ideology. Great, he's got ambition. I have the ambition to play quarterback for the New York Jets. It's not gonna happen.

Many people don't understand the obstacles the Republican party has put in the way of President Obama. From day one, they've refused to let him govern. What is the value of the perpetual filibuster? You don't get anything done at all. Mitt's been calling for that since the first day. So we have watered down versions of everything Obama asked for. But the second term will get better. Even Bill Clinton, in the face of all that Ken Starr nonsense, managed to get a lot done in his second term.

I feel like I'm watching a long, drawn-out version of Blazing Saddles – all of the characters are there. At last, Obama found the Waco Kid. That's Bill Clinton. Karl Rove is Hedley Lamarr, and the Republican caucus is the guys from the fire scene. They're all in there. I swear.

17. Well...

I don't want to get into a music fan war, but I *can* see why Ike was put in. He was a pioneering blues-rock guitarist from the early days. I'm as angry about what he did to Tina (and other women) as anybody, but should that take his name off the list? Perhaps, I probably would have, but I can see why they put him on.

Remember, if you read my post you'd see I noted that list was "flawed". All I used it for was pointing out that Stills is an amazing technical guitarist, skills that mostly get forgotten in light of his songwriting, composing, arranging, and singing work.

As for Baez, she was a great singer songwriter and folkie, one of the best, but was she a master guitarist? I don't know enough of her work to judge.

10. Good old Stephen

Saw him last June with Crosby and Nash. Steve still can blow a crowd out of their socks with his guitar. Despite his health problems, Crosbys vocals were pure audio honey. And Nash, though he can no longer hit the tenor notes that earned him the nick "razor throat", was in perfect harmony.

14. It was like

... "head for hippy land"

"Like all four members of CSNY, Stills has long been involved in liberal causes and politics. In 2000, Stills served as a member of the Democratic credentials committee from Florida during the Democratic National Convention, and was an actual delegate in previous years.

15. Oh, that was painful.

LOL! I remember TV trying so hard to relate to young people, modernize and remain relevant and getting it SO. WRONG. This is a real good example. (groan) Good music though. I was a big Buffalo Springfield fan.